参考資料２－８ ADA第3部の苦情申立て方法仮訳（抜粋）
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section
How to File a Title III Complaint67
司法省公民権局障害者権利課
第3部の苦情申立て方法
This is in response to your request for information on how to file a complaint under title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
これは、障害を持つアメリカ人法第3部の下での苦情申立ての方法に関する情報の求めに応じたものである。
Title III prohibits discrimination based on disability in public accommodations. Private entities covered by title III include places of lodging, establishments serving food and drink, places of exhibition or entertainment, places of public gathering, sales or rental establishments, service establishments, stations used for specified public transportation, places of public display or collection, places of recreation, places of education, social service center establishments, and places of exercise or recreation. Title III also covers commercial facilities (such as warehouses, factories, and office buildings), private transportation services, and licensing and testing practices.
第3部では、公共施設において、障害に基づく差別を禁止している。第3部には、民間施設（ホテル、飲食店、展覧会や娯楽の場所、集会所、販売、レンタル店、サービス施設、特定の公共交通のための駅、公共の展示・収集所、レクリエーション施設、教育施設、社会福祉事業センター施設、運動施設など）が含まれる。また、第3部には、商業施設（倉庫、工場、オフィスビルなど）、民間交通サービス、免許、試験場が含まれる。
If you feel you or another person have been discriminated against by an entity covered by title III, send a letter to the Department of Justice, at the address below, including the following information:
本人又は他者が、第3部の施設によって差別を受けていると感じた場合、以下の住所に、以下の情報を含めて、司法省に送ること。
- Your full name, address, and telephone number, and the name of the party discriminated against;
- The name of the business, organization, or institution that you believe has discriminated;
- A description of the act or acts of discrimination, the date or dates of the discriminatory acts, and the name or names of the individuals who you believe discriminated; and
- Other information that you believe necessary to support your complaint. Please send copies of relevant documents. Do not send original documents. (Retain them.)
‐本人のフルネーム、電話番号、差別を受けた当事者の名前
‐差別したと思われる企業、組織、施設の名称
‐差別行為、差別行為を受けた日付、差別されたと思う個人の名前の説明
‐苦情申立ての支援に必要と思うその他の情報。関連する文書のコピーを送ること。原本は送らないこと。
Sign and send the letter to the address below:
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Civil Rights Division
Disability Rights - NYAVE
Washington, D.C. 20530
The Disability Rights Section will consider your complaint and inform you of its action. The office will investigate the complaint and determine whether to begin litigation. We will not necessarily make a determination on each complaint about whether or not there is an ADA violation. If we believe there is a pattern or practice of discrimination, or the complaint raises an issue of general public importance, we may attempt to negotiate a settlement of the matter or we may bring an action in U.S. District Court. Any such action would be taken on behalf of the Unites States. We do not act as an attorney for, or representative of, the complainant.
障害者権利局（The Disability Rights Section）は、苦情を検討し、その措置（action）を通知する。事務所は、苦情について調査し、訴訟を開始するかどうか判断する。必ずしも、個別の苦情がADAの違反に当たるかどうか決定するものではない。差別的な形態や行為があると思われる場合、又は、苦情が一般市民に重大な問題を提起する場合、アメリカ地方裁判所において、問題の解決を交渉する、又は訴訟を起こすことができる。そのようないかなる措置も、アメリカを代理として行われる。我々は、申立人の弁護士や代理人としての行為はしない。
You also have the option of filing your own case in U.S. District Court.
また、アメリカ地方裁判所に自身で訴訟を起こすという選択肢もある。
Depending on the nature of your complaint, other information would also be helpful to our investigation:
本人の苦情の性質によって、その他の情報が、調査に役立つこともある。
- 1.Small businesses have limited protection from lawsuits. Except with respect to new construction and alterations, no lawsuit can be filed concerning acts or omissions that occur before --
- 1) July 26, 1992, by businesses with 25 or fewer employees and gross receipts of $1,000,000 or less.
- 2) January 26, 1993, by businesses with 10 or fewer employees and gross receipts of $500,000 or less.
- 1.中小企業は、訴訟から限定的に保護される。新築及び改修に関する件を除き、以下の時期、以下の企業による行為又は不作為に関しては、訴訟を起こすことができない。
- 1)1992年7月26日以前、従業員が25人以下の企業及び総収入100万ドル以下の企業。
- 2)1993年1月26日以前、従業員10人以下の企業及び総収入50万ドル以下の企業。
- 2. The name or names of the individuals or entities who have an ownership and/or managerial interest in each facility or business that is the subject of your complaint, with phone numbers and addresses, including zip codes, if you have them.
- 3. Information specifying whether the facility is owned and/or operated by a private entity or a state or local government.
- 4. The nature of the activity or service provided by the business.
- 5. If you are alleging failure to remove architectural barriers, a description, including as much detail as possible, of the barriers. If possible, please provide pictures, videotapes, diagrams, or other illustrations that accurately set forth the alleged violation.
- 6. Any suggestions for remedying the alleged violations of the ADA.
- 7. Information about whether you have filed a related complaint with a U.S. Attorneys Office, or any other Federal, State, or local agency, or any court, or whether you intend to file such a complaint.
Privacy Act Statement
プライバシー保護法の告知
The authority for collecting this information is contained in 42 U.S.C. 12188(b). We need this information in order to investigate your complaint. The personal information will be used primarily for authorized civil rights compliance and enforcement activities conducted by the Department of Justice. The Department will not disclose the name of, or other identifying information about, an individual unless it is necessary for enforcement activities against an entity alleged to have violated federal law, or unless such information is required to be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, or as is allowed through the publication of a routine use in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a. To further the Department's enforcement activities, information we have about you may be given to appropriate Federal, State, or local agencies. Additional disclosures of information may be made: to Members of Congress or staff; to volunteer student workers within the Department of Justice so that they may perform their duties; to the news media when release is made consistent with the Freedom of Information Act and 28 C.F.R. 40.2; and to the National Archives and Records Administration and General Services Administration to perform records management inspection functions in accordance with their statutory responsibilities. Furnishing of the requested information is voluntary except that the failure to provide such information may result in our being unable to process your complaint.
情報収集の権限は、42 U.S.C. 12188(b)に含まれる。我々は、苦情を調査するために情報が必要となる。個人情報は、司法省によって、権限を与えられた公民権の遵守及び施行活動のために利用される。（以下省略）
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